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Keith has worked extensively in theatre and television as director, musical director, arranger and composer.

His theatre credits, as director, include Dreamboats and Miniskirts (National Tour), Dreamboats and Petticoats (West End and National Tour), Save The last Dance For Me (National Tour), Laughter In The Rain (National Tour), Dancing In The Streets (West End and National Tour). Elvis The Musical (West End and National Tour), Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens (West End), Four Steps to Heaven (West End and National Tour), Can't Smile Without You (National Tour), Sweet Soul Music (National Tour), Tommy (National Tour), Rock & Roll Heaven (National Tour), The Concert They Never Gave (National Tour), The Blues Brothers Meet The Soul Sisters (National Tour), Thank You For The Music (National Tour), Dancing In The Streets (National Tour), Only The Lonely (National Tour), The Sound Of Fury (National Tour), No Trams To Lime Street (Liverpool Playhouse), The Signalman (Windsor Theatre Royal), The Lodger (Windsor & Bromley), The Pit And The Pendulum (Windsor & Bromley), Appointment With Death (Palace Theatre, Westcliff), Harry's Web (Windsor Theatre Royal) and The Lady Or The Tiger (The Orange Tree Theatre).

His work as musical director and arranger in the West End includes Soul Sister, Dreamboats and Petticoats, Good Rockin' Tonite, In The Midnight Hour, Ferry Cross The Mersey, All You Need Is LoveGrease and Let The Good Times Roll.

After a short career as a teacher he played in various semi-pro bands in the sixties and in 1970 joined a jazz rock outfit called Swegas with whom he toured the UK and Europe. But it was short lived and he returned to teaching for the next few years.

In 1975 he tried his hand again with music this time in the theatre. While still teaching he worked on Lady or the Tiger at the Orange Tree Theatre and then in 1977 was offered the job of musical director on Elvis the Musical.In 1979 and 1980 Keith continued his relationship with Jack Good, who he'd met on Elvis, as musical director on two series of Oh Boy featuring Joe Brown, Alvin Stardust, Lulu and Shakin' Stevens. Following this, with performers he'd met on the series, Keith formed the singing group Wall Street Crash and was their artistic and musical director through three Royal Command Performances and extensive live and television work at home and abroad. He left the group in 1984 to further his career in theatre and television but they continued to work, mainly in Europe.

In the late eighties Keith worked in television, as a musical director and arranger on shows such as Live From Her Majesty's, New Faces, Spitting Image and The Morcambe And Wise Show. He continues to work in television but principally as a composer. His credits include Winning Lines, How Do They Do That, The Detectives, Talking Telephone Numbers, The Hypnotic World Of Paul McKenna and Auntie's Bloomers and the award winning Who Wants To Be A Millionaire which is broadcast in over 100 countries worldwide.

Keith devised the John Lennon musical Imagine with Ian Kellgren in 1992 and he co-wrote the musical Baby Love with Richard Harris in 1995.

He was also the composer of the Christmas musical The Little Match Girl based on Hans Christian Anderson's short story. This was filmed for television in 1986 starring Twiggy and Roger Daltrey and was nominated for an International Emmy Award. The musical includes the song Mistletoe And Wine which was recorded in 1988 by Cliff Richard. Sales of the record exceeded one million, and Keith received the Ivor Novello Award for the best selling 'A' side of 1988.

In 2008 the music from Who Wants To Be a Millionaire was used in the film of Slumdog Milionaire which went on to win an Oscar for best film. See trailer